Division of Student Life
Adaptive Educational Services (AES)
- Presented at the International Conference on Higher Education and Disability regarding students of color with disabilities. We were invited to present. Presenters included three students, Dr. Regina Turner, Dr. Larry Barclay, Tim Anno, and Pamela King
- Tim Anno and Pamela King served on the Planning Committee for the Indiana Student Affairs Association Annual Meeting held at Ball State University October, 2006.
- Pamela King serves on the Advisory Board for the Center for Youth and Adults with Conditions of Childhood, Riley Hospital.
- Pamela King and Tim Anno serve on the Nina Pulliam Scholars Advisory Council.
- Movin’ On transition program for high school students was held on October 13. We had 41 attendees from 11 area high schools. The program continues to receive accolades from parents, teachers and students. This is the only transition program for students with disabilities hosted by a university in Indiana.
- Pam King served on the Diversity Assessment for IU Bloomington under the direction of Dr. Charlie Nelms and the Enhancing Minority Achievement Conference. Dr. John Jones and Tim Anno joined the team.
- Pamela King and Tim Anno spoke to athletes and coaching staff to assure compliance with the regulations and ADA.
Campus Center & Student Activities Center
The Campus Center construction began in October 2005 and is scheduled to be completed by October 2007, with the soft opening occurring on December 1, 2007. Prior to the opening of the 250,000 square foot facility, administer duties that include, but are not limited to:
- Develop a staff structure, design position descriptions and create a hiring timeline to include, but not limited to, two Assistant Directors, four program coordinators, two building managers, two administrative support positions, six graduate assistants and 40 – 70 student employees,
- Participate in all levels of construction and build out the facility in consultation with the University Architect Office and all principal players, including, but not limited to, the general contractor, building architect, and university departments affiliated with the project,
- Create, manage and advise an Advisory Board representing faculty, staff and students,
- Create, manage and advise a Partners Group representing the tenants in the facility,
- Create, implement and assess policies and procedures for the facility,
- Create and implement a communication and marketing plan,
- Coordinate outreach efforts to the campus community on updates with building project,
- Create, implement and assess a year-long, post-opening public relations program in association with an academic class,
- Assist IU Foundation in cultivating donors for the Campus Center,
- Assist the IUPUI Alumni Association in a naming gift campaign for the Campus Center Board Room, and
In the Student Activities Center, highlights include:
- 2,579 events occurred in the SAC spaces (includes UC Courtyard and BS Breezeway)
- 1,279 were sponsored by student organization
- 1,300 were sponsored by schools/departments
- 420 student-organization-sponsored meeting/events were scheduled in academic spaces/classrooms with assistance from the Campus Center and C&CL staff. Once the Campus Center is open, this number should decrease dramatically.
- 11,120 individuals were served at the Information Desk
- The room scheduling partnership between the Campus Center, University College, and University Library continues to be very effective. Additional training on use of billing functions was held in June 2007.
- A new room diagramming software (Room Viewer) was purchased in June 2007. This software was purchased as part of the partnership between the Campus Center, University College, and University Library.
Campus & Community Life (CCL)
- 1,534 individuals (99% of whom were undergraduate students) participated in the 11 different IUPUI Goes to Town Events.
- WOW (Weeks of Welcome) 2006 spanned 16 days with 21 on-campus and community -related events. Over 7,000 students participated in these events either in a leadership role or as a participant.
- Campus & Community Life sponsored 91 cultural enrichment programs during the academic year, reaching 4,520 IUPUI students, faculty and staff.
- The “To Mexico with Love” program had a total of 27 students, faculty and staff, plus the executive director of the largest Hispanic-serving organization in Indianapolis, La Plaza. The group worked with a women’s service agency, a school and two hospitals, providing 576 person-hours of service in Mexico and served 110 children and nearly 150 hospital patients.
- The longest-standing campus tradition, MLK, Jr. dinner, featured the dean of the Law School at UC-Berkeley to a sold-out crowd.
- Campus & Community Life reached over 2,000 first-year students by working in collaboration with first-year seminar (learning community) instructional teams and by producing a weekly newsletter of campus and community involvement opportunities.
- Campus & Community Life made 62 classroom presentations in first-year seminar courses.
- Campus & Community Life introduced over 4,000 students to campus involvement through summer new student orientation presentations.
- 1,200 students (an 87.5% increase over last year) utilized the new Multimedia Production Center for student organization purposes in the 2006-2007 academic year.
- 1,320 volunteers took part in 14 different service/civic engagement activities for a total of 7,353 service hours in the community.
- In 06-07, OCS coordinated over 40 volunteers on three Alternative Spring Break trips (one to Asheville, NC, one to Waveland, MS, and one to Tupelo, MS).
- Fall Alternative Break to Chicago, IL, for which 18 participants volunteered at three homelessness-related sites.
- Service and the City took 90 students on a tour of Indianapolis and then to serve at local non-profit agencies.
- In partnership with the Office of Community Relations, Community Service Leaders who work in OCS organized 22 events for Jaguars in the Streets, where 215 IUPUI participants volunteered at different service sites.
- There were approximately 2,000 participants in Demorcracy Plaza programs during fall and spring.
- The Student Organization TOOL’s Leadership Series included 5 workshops with an average of 10 students attending each.
- The fall semester Involvement Fair hosted 85 participating organizations, with over 1,500 in attendance. A spring Involvement Fair included 15 student participating organizations with over 100 participants.
- A Hazing Workshop was held and 45 students participated, representing 8 Greek Letter organizations.
- A Greek Week was held that included 4 separate events and over 80 students total participating.
- 94 student organizations were represented in the Council. This is a 47% increase from last year.
- The Allocations Committee and Finance Committee completed an in-depth review and revision process for the allocations process of student activity fee.
- The Allocations Committee reviewed over 85 proposals for organization events and approved 66 of them. The committee allocated 88% of its budget for student events.
- The Finance Committee approved 42 proposals for Professional Student Travel. The committee allocated 92% of its budget.
Campus and Community Programs (CCP)
- More than 350 African American students attended the Young Gifted and Black programming series from Sept ‘06-April ’07. These students were engaged in three primary areas: academic success, cultural awareness, and social interaction
- 75 African American students participated in cultural outings to Washington, DC; New York City, and Louisville, KY, where they experienced arts, theater, and other enriching events and activities. For many of these students, it was their first time traveling out of the city.
- Nicole Oglesby served on the NASPA IV- East Regional Conference Planning Committee where she co-chaired the Pre-Conference Programs Committee
- Nicole Oglesby was awarded the 2007 Advocate of the Dream award during the 38th Annual MLK Dinner
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
- Served approximately 700 students over the past year.
- Responded to more than 100 crisis situations, in which students were in need of immediate assistance.
- Made 44 requested classroom presentations.
- Screened 64 students during National Depression Screening week; 43 were recommended and provided information for further evaluation and treatment.
- Screened 32 students during National Anxiety Screening week; 19 were recommended and provided information for further evaluation and treatment.
- 25% of students were identified as non-white.
- 92% were satisfied with the services received.
- More than 50% reported that services helped them to remain at the University.
- Nearly 82% of students using services remain in school the following year.
- More than 45% of those students utilizing services between 2000 - 2003 graduated within the following 4 years.
- 55% of those students utilizing services between 2000-2001 graduated within the following 6 years.
Housing and Residence Life (HRL)
- Increased occupancy (opened at 92%).
- Enhanced the LYFE program in Ball Hall
- Increased the number of RA programs that supported the PUL's
- Residential based Learning Communities -Herron House, Women in Sciences and Purdue House all exceeded occupancy expectations.
- Increased focus on comprehensive leadership training for housing and residence life student leaders.
- Increased focus on ethical leadership training for housing and residence life student leaders.
- Increased the number of campus partners participating in the Housing Move-In Resource Fair.
